f9 tar fails during backups

Todd Zullinger tmz at pobox.com
Sat Jun 14 19:12:42 UTC 2008


Roger Heflin wrote:
> Skunk Worx wrote:
>> Suppose I want to back up my home directory using tar.
>>
>> I see this :
>>
>> ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied
>>
>> d?????????  ? ?         ?            ?                ? .gvfs
>>
>> ...and this :
>>
>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>>
>> What service do I need to stop to eliminate this vfs file error during  
>> backups?
>>
>> # ls /etc/init.d/*vfs*
>> ls: cannot access /etc/init.d/*vfs*: No such file or directory
>>
>> ---
>> John
>>
>
> Given the errors, and what ls displays, .gvfs is probably a corrupt  
> directory/file entry and when tar hits it will report an error but 
> hopefully not crash.

Or, perhaps more likely, you're running the backup as root and root
does not have the ability to view the .gvfs dir in your user's home
dir (due to the way fuse works).

You should be able to either exclude .gvfs from the backup or run the
backup as your user.

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